The Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB) Africa Regional Workshop (26-29 May 2014) provided an opportunity for dialogue with select countries implementing Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) at scale on the potential use of the ECEB learning materials to strengthen current newborn health programs and to develop a larger regional pool of ECEB Master Trainers and champions. Workshop objectives were to: …
Taking Care of a Baby at Home After Birth: What Families Need to Do
This flipbook contains key messages that pregnant women and their families need in order to plan care of an infant at home right after birth. It focuses on essential actions families can take both to prevent newborn death and illness and to promote healthy newborn development. This material encourages use, whenever possible, of skilled birth attendants and clinical services and, …
Interventions for Impact in Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care: Africa Regional Meeting
The Africa Regional Meeting on Interventions for Impact in Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care, organized by MCHIP, was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2011.
Communication Framework for New Vaccines and Child Survival
This document offers a framework for developing an evidence-based communication plan for introducing new vaccines. Communication for immunization can also be used to promote complementary “healthy actions” such as handwashing, early and exclusive breastfeeding, and timely care seeking. This document is a continuing work-in-progress, with feedback being solicited via this weblink. The web version of the Communication Framework can be …